一．GRE阅读文章分类
1．按题材分四类：humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, life sciences
重点题材：文学评论 美国历史 弱势群体 生命科学
文章特点：喜新厌旧 标新立异 同情弱者
2．按写作方法分两类：presentation, argumentation 重点是argumentation即评述一个理论的文章
［例1］presentation的结构
Recently, the extinction of the dinosaur has been a mysterious phenomenon that puzzles scientists. Rosen’s three major findings have contributed much to the progress of explaining the dinosaur’s extinction.
a) sedimentation
b)fossil remains, skeleton
c)isotope, chronology Therefore, ……
［例2］argumentation的结构
Traditionally, most scientists believed that the extinction of the dinosaur was caused by the impact on Earth of massive meteorites. However, no sign of the impact, such as huge pit, has been discovered. On the other hand, Smith found two things that had been overlooked by his predecessors. Thus, ……
3．按具体套路分类
长文章分四种：新老观点对比型、现象解释型、问题解决型、结论解释性
短文章分三种情况：可套用长文章套路的、有罗嗦语言的、无明显套路的
二．作题四原则
1．至少三遍原则
2．头脑空白原则
3．顺序原则：先文后题，先套路后细节
4．总结原则：每读完一个段落或一个层次要做如下四个方面总结
① 作者在写法上做了什么工作
② 主体词（关键词）是什么
③ 作者对这个主体持什么评价
④ 人物有谁
三．做笔记
1．机考做笔记
① 主题句
② 每段关键词
③ 强对比和重要的强转折
2．笔考做记号
① 强对比：unlike, contrast, on the other hand, on the contrary; 时间状语
② 强转折
① 两个“虽然”：although/though, while
① 三个“但是”：but, yet, however
① 四对同义词：(in fact, actually) (nevertheless, nonetheless) (despite, in spite of) (rather, instead)
实际上…… 然而…… 尽管……却…… 不是……而是……
注意：极端转折、多重转折（再多重转折中，只看最后一重）
③ 强因果四个“因为”：because (of), since, for, 冒号或分号三个“所以”：thus, hence, therefore
两个家族：conclude, conclusion, conclusive, consequent(ly), consequence
四个短语：result in, result from, lead to, lie in
④ 三号：引号，括号，破折号
⑤ 强调性语言
最高级：顺序最高级（first）频率最高级（always, never）程度最高级（foremost, uttermost）
唯一性：only, sole(ly), exclusive(ly), alone
比较句：more/less…than（与其……不如说……）, have…to do with…, as…as, the same as, similar to
⑥ 专有名词：人，物种，化学物质
⑦ 判断句
系动词：be, remain
情态动词：can, cannot, may, might
自由褒贬词：adj., adv.
［例3］His view changed our attitude.
His view successfully changed our attitude.
His view curiously changed our attitude.
His brazen view changed our attitude.
His penetrating view changed our attitude.
专题一 客观题型
(一) 基本题型
1．直接事实题
同义变换的两种形式：换同义词，换句型
［例4］The historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenth-century feminism.
→ The historians have expanded the traditional view of nineteenth-century feminism.
［例5］The minority groups lack access to the sizable orders that are generated by large companies.
→ The minority groups do not have sufficient opportunity to secure business created by large corporation.
［例6］The suffragists were demanding power that was not based on the institution of the family, women’s traditional sphere
→ Those who participated in the women suffragists movement sought social roles for women that were not defined by women’s familial roles.
2．取非题
① 对比题：A is unlike B文中有A的特征，问B的特征，则对A取非。
［例7］Unlike the song sparrow, the warbler continuously compress much longer and more <I>var</I>iable songs without repetition.
题According to the passage, the song sparrow
(A) use songs mainly in territorial behavior
(B) continuously composes long and complex songs
(C) repeats one song type before switching to another
(E) responds aggressively to recorded songs
② 改善题
形式：虚拟语气+表示改善的说法
做法：回文中找缺点然后取非
改善的说法：better, improve, more
illuminating/enlightening/convincing/useful
［例8］However, these patterns cannot be viewed as an adaptation to wind pollination because the spiral arrangement occurs in a number of non-wind-pollinated plants.
题It can be inferred from the passage that the claim that the spiral arrangement is an adaptation to wind pollination would be more convincing if which of the following were true?
(A) Such an arrangement occurred only in wind-pollinated plants.
(B) Such an arrangement occurred in vascular plants as a whole.
(C) Such an arrangement could be shown to be beneficial to pollen release.
(D) The number of bracts could be shown to have increased over time.
(E) The airflow patterns over the cone’s surfaces could be shown to be produced by such arrangements.
3．In order to / 举例作用题
① 一个窍门：先观察以“illustrate”或者“give an example of”开头的选项
② 标准做法
先结论后举例：for example, for instance, such as, like
先举例后结论：强因果关系词
无任何语言现象：以第一种情况“先结论后举例”居多
［例9］Over the years, biologists have suggested two main pathways by which sexual selection may have shaped the evolution of male birdsong. In the first, male competition and intrasexual selection produce relatively short, simple songs used mainly in territorial behavior. In the second, female choice and intersexual selection produce longer, more complicated
songs used mainly in mate attraction; like such visual ornamentation as the peacock’s tail, elaborate vocal characteristics increase the male's chances of being chosen as a mate. The two pathways are not mutually exclusive, and we can expect to find examples that reflect their interaction.
题1The author mentions the peacock’s tail most probably in order to
(A) cite an exception to the theory of the relationship between male competition and intrasexual selection
(B) illustrate the importance of both the pathways that shaped the evolution of the birdsong
(C) draw a distinction between competing theories intersexual selection
(D) give an example of a feature that may have evolved through intersexual selection by female choice
(E) refute a commonly held assumption about the role of song in mate attraction
题2 According to the passage, which of the following is specifically related to intrasexual selection?
(A) Female choice
(B) Territorial behavior
(C) Compete song types
(D) Large song repertoires
(E) Visual ornamentation
题3 Which of the following, if true, would most clearly demonstrate the interaction mentioned in the last sentence?
(A) Female larks respond similarly both to short, simple songs and to longer, more complicated songs.
(B) Male canaries use visual ornamentation as well as elaborate song repertoires for mate attraction.
(C) Both male and female blackbirds develop elaborate visual and vocal characteristics.
(D) Male jays use songs to compete among themselves and to attract females.
(E) Male robins with elaborate visual ornamentation have as much reproductive success as rivals with elaborate vocal characteristics.
［例10］To buttress their case that caffeine acts instead by preventing adenosine binding, Snyder et al compared the stimulatory effects of a series of caffeine derivatives with their ability to dislodge adenosine from its receptors in the brains of a mice. “In general,” they reported, “the ability of the compounds to compete at the receptors correlates with
their ability to stimulate locomotion in the mouse; i.e., the higher their capacity to bind at the receptors, the higher their ability to stimulate locomotion.”
The author quotes Snyder et al most probably in order to
(A) reveal some of the assumption underlying their theory
(B) summarize a major finding of the experiments
(C) point out that their experiments were limited to the mouse
(D) indicate that their experiments resulted only in general correlations
(E) refute the objections made by supporters of the older theory
4．Except题 / 排除题：由四项小列举出的题
［例11］The leguminous plants—among them crop plants such as soybeans, pea, alfalfa, and clover—have solved the problem.
题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a leguminous plants?
(A) Alfalfa (B) Clover (C) Maize (D) Peas (E) Soybeans
［例12］Afro-American poetry owes its early forms, rhythms, vocabulary, and evangelical fervor to Wesleyan hymnals.
题All of the following aspects of Afro-American poetry are referred to in the passage as having been influenced by Wesley hymnals EXCEPT
(A) subject matter (B)word choice (C) rhythm (D) structure (E) religious tone
5．逻辑题
① 支持题
具体事例法：举文章没有说的例自作为正面论据，此处不考虑头脑空白原则 （看［例9］题3）
搭桥法：把缺的条件补上 如果文章说A → B 找 A → C → B
［例13］In one behavioral experiment, researchers successfully trained an anteater to distinguish between two troughs of water, one with a weak electrical field and another with none. Such evidence is consistent with researchers’ hypothesis that anteaters use electroreceptors to detect electrical signals given off by prey; however, researchers as yet have
been unable to detect electrical signals emanating from termite mounds, where the favorite food of anteaters live.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the hypothesis mentioned in the passage?
(A) Researchers are able to detect anteaters to break into an underground chamber that is emitting a strong electrical signal.
(B) Researchers are able to detect a weak electrical signal emanating from the nesting chamber of an ant colony.
(C) Anteaters are observed taking increasingly longer amounts of time to locate the nesting chambers of ants.
(D) Anteaters are observed using <I>var</I>ious angles to break into nests of ants.
(E) Anteaters are observed using the same angle used with nests of ants to break into the nests of other types of prey.
② 反对题
釜底抽薪：反对原因
欲擒故纵：反证法
抬杠法：直接反对原文的结论
［例14］The backgrounds and reasons of participants in the May insurrection of 1871 have been identified, however cursorily.
Which of the following is the most logical objections to the claim made in the passage?
(A) The February Revolution of 1848 is much less significant than the July insurrection of 1830.
(B) The backgrounds and motivations of participants in the July insurrection of1830 have been identified, however cursorily.
(C) Even less is known about the July insurrection of1830 than about the February Revolution of 1848.
(D) Historical records made during the July insurrection of1830 are less reliable than those made during the May insurrection of 1871.
(E) The importance of the July insurrection of1830 has been magnified at the expense of the significance of the February Revolution of 1848.
它因法：存在其他原因法 文中说 A → B 题里找 C 也可以 → B
［例15］ One advantage of breeding African bees with other bee types
(Africanization) may be resistance to the parasitic mite varroa jacobsoni, a major threat to modern beekeeping. In parts of Europe, this mite is devastating honeybees and killing many colonies despite preventing measures by beekeepers. But in Brazil <I>var</I>roa jacobsoni has been present in Africanized bees since 1972 without the loss of single colony.
题1The author’s argument regarding the resistance of Africanized bees to varroa jacobsoni would be most weakened if which of the following were true?
(A) The bees in Brazil were resistant before being Africanized
(B) The number of bee colonies in North America increased dramatically whereas the number in Brazil remained unchanged.
(C) Mites found in European bees reproduce at a faster rate than mite of identical species found in the bees in Brazil.
(D) Africanized bees retained many of the characteristics of European bees.
(E) Bee colonies in Europe continue to produce greater qualities of honey than do those in Brazil.
题2 The passage suggests that which of the following was true of the European honey bee colonies?
(A) Their life expectancy, when free of disease, was shorter than that of European bee colonies in North America.
(B) They were not Africanized. 取非题
(C) Their life cycle did not accommodate the feeding habits of varroa jacobsoni.
(D) They responded well to measures to control <I>var</I>roa jacobsoni.
(E) They were managed using methods that were more modern than those employed in Brazil.
6．信息题
典型问法：① Which of the following is (not) true?
② The author of the passage agrees (does not agree) with which of the following?
③ The information in the passage answers (does not answer) which of the following question?
两种信息题：可定位的信息题(of, about, concerning, regarding)和不可定位的信息题
7．类比题
问法：Which of the following is most similar to the situation in…?
(similar to, analogous to, parallel, consistent with)
做法：抓本质特征
［例16］Although recent years have seen substantial reductions in noxious pollutants from individual motor vehicles, the number of such vehicles has been steadily increasing. Consequently, more than 100 cites in the United Stats still have levels of toxic gases that exceed legally established limits.
题 Which of the following most closely parallels the situation described in the two sentences?
(A) Although a town reduces its public service in order to avoid a tax increase, the town’s tax rate exceeds that of other towns in the surrounding area.
(B) Although a state passes strict laws to limit the type of toxic material that can be disposed of in public landfill, illegal dumping continues to increase.
(C) Although a town’s citizens reduce their individual use of water, the town’s water supplies continue to dwindle because of a steady increase in the total population of the town.
(D) Although a country attempts to increase the sale of domestic goods by adding a tax to the price of imported goods, the sale of imported goods within the country continue to increase.
(E) Although a country reduces the speed limit on its national highway, the number of fatalities caused by automobile accidents continues to increase.
（二）做题注意：
1．四种错误选项：
1．混：张冠李戴（A的特征说成B）
偏：以偏概全
反：与文章事实相反
无：无法判断（文中没有讲过）
2．慎重对待含有强调性的语言（最高级、唯一性和比较级的选项）
3．长选项竖读法：纵向比较所有选项，尤其是开头，找到其中相同的语言部分。如果某几个选项中相 同的语言
4．部分对这个题有用，则先看这几个选项；否则，先看其他选项或者这几个选项的差异部分。（参考 ［例16］）
（三）文字定位法
1．一般做法：文（主题词）→ 题干（主题词）→ 文（主题词）
2．两种特殊情况：如果题干主题词在文中多次出现，那么先定位在其首次出现之处；如果题干主题词与文章主题有关，那么先定位在主题句。（参考No.题P.120短文章）
补充知识：让步语气
前半句：
it is true…, it is correct…, of course
no doubt, undoubtedly 假话
do（不单独使用）may, seem, appear
后半句：but…
在混合评价中，前正后负是大负小正
专题二 文章套路的精确区分
1．新老观点对比型
① 喜新厌旧的语言特征：古老的时间状语, traditonaly, old, was (it was once
believed), recently（可能是老观点）
① usually
② 标新立异的语言特征：most, many, frequently
③ 如果发现重要的转折词则可以确定为新老观点对比型。
④ 新观点出现的位置：一段中部或二段开头
⑤ 主题句到哪里去找：如果发现明确概括新观点的句子既是主题句（参考No.
P.152）
2．现象解释型
人物（或事物）
给出史实 时间 给出原因或说明方式
事件（干了什么）
解释是难点：作者可能会给出多个解释，找出关键词和评价。有的文章也许没有正确理
论（主题句），但仍属于现象解释型：阅读时应看过程不看结果。
3．问题解决型
① 疑问性问题：疑问词，问号， “question”， “puzzle”
着重看如何回答
② 任务性问题： “difficulty”，“task”, “challenge”
着重看如何完成
4．结论解释型（总分结构）
第一句判断句既是主题句
判断句的特征有：系动词，情态动词，自由褒贬词
5．短文章的几种情况
① 可套用长文章套路的
② 有罗嗦语言的：找来回重复的话，其中的第一句就是主题句
③ 无明显套路的：找到判断句就是主题句
专题三 快速阅读法
一．分析句子
① 主干
词：形容词和副词
② 修饰成分 短语：尤其是介词短语
从句：从who,which开始，在第一个谓语动词和第二个谓语动词之间结束
二．主动取舍
1．论点：尽量看懂
2．论据
① 举例
紧跟结论的例子可以不看。
篇幅在五行（机考中是七至八行）之内的例子可以不看。
出现在多个段落中的离子可以不看（蜗牛那篇文章）。
② 列举
小列举
特征：一句话用逗号分开，列举若干事项。
做法：如果不是四个小列举不用看，如果是四个小列举记位置比记内容更重要。
大列举
特征：用数字来列举若干事项。
做法：记位置，先找标志词（first…second…或next…），再找主题词和关
键词。四项以
上（含四项）大列举不用看细节。
③ 数字
单个数字必须看，多个数字连续出现可以不看。
④ 史实
特征：人物、事件、事件
做法：记事件，找人物发出的动作
3．论证过程：找关系
① 因果关系：在论点和论据之间，不必看细节，但要分清谁是原因谁是结果。
如果文中罗列很多原因，一定要看清到第有几个。
② 并列关系：着眼点在于整个文章，关键是找到并列词。
③ 递进关系：first… second… yes…表示递进
4．特殊情况
① 观点看不懂，就记住关键词
② 废话
主谓相同
主谓的不正常的相反关系：可能是多重转折，如果后面发现有转折连词则可以确定为多重转折，那么两重转折中的部分就是废话。
5．看文章的顺序：套路 → 主题词或关键词 → 根据取舍原则分析那些是重点细节，不是重点的细节不看。
6．时间分配：原则应该是看文章时间少做题时间多。
7．那些一定不能省略
① 强对比和重要的强转折
② 古怪语言：surprizingly, ironically, unfortunately, paradoxically
三．推测：如果遇到单词不认识、句子不理解，从他的就近之处寻找相同题材的其他说法。如果没有强转折（强对比）那么他们的意思应该大体相同，评价应该一致。有了强转折（强对比）则意思刚好相反。
专题四 主观题型
一．主题题
main
问法 primarary idea / purpose 或 …is mainly concerned with…
centrual
1．内容性主题题
① 特征
从问法上看：如果是给文章取个 “title”，就是内容性主题题。
从选项上看：如果出现细节和重点的关键词，就是内容性主题题。
② 做法
如果文章有主题句则做同义变换（参考No. P.193. 20）
如果没有主题句，问到文章内容性主题题则用三出现原则
如果主题题里问道作者持什么样的态度，那么除了满足前两点外，一定要和
文中的态度保持一致。（参考国内题 P.34. 17）
2．写法性主题题
① 特征
从问法上看：如果问到文章的“organization”，就是写法性主题题。
从选项上看：如果出现对文章套路的抽象概括，就是写法性主题题。
套路清晰的文章出写法性主题题，特别清晰的出“organization”。（参考
No. P.193. 24 / P.223. 24）
② 做法
有一种特殊的文章专门评述某人理论、某人著作，这类文章多数属于结论解释
型，少数属于现象解释型，
但都属于“presentation”，这类文章的主题题就找评述某人理论、某人著作的
选项就可以了。（参考No. P.120. 22）
3．原则
从前不从后原则：前后如果出现不一样的重点、结论，应以前面为主题，后面为延伸型内容（文末或段末出从前不从后原则：现的与文章主题不密切而且有可能升华到更高的内容）。（参考国内题 P.13. P.33）从大不从小：文章开头或主题句中的评价是大评价，让步和转折除外。（参考No. P.121. 24）
二．态度题
1．做法
步骤一：看清题中问的是对谁的评价，然后回到文中去定位，根据一些判断依据判断是那一种评价 （正评价、负评价、大正小负或大负小正）。
步骤二：到题中去找出一个类似的选项。
2．判断依据
①判断句：由系动次、情态动词或自由褒贬词构成。自由褒贬词能表示出评价的大概趋向，如果这种句子出现在文章开头或主题句中，一定要重视。
②引号：表示负评价
③某些实义动词的评价取向
表示负评价:
fail to…
overestimate / underestimate
exaggerate
ignore, overlook, neglect
以mis开头的一系列词，如 “misinterprete”
表示正评价:
show, demonstrate, prove
discover, find
confirm, determine
④ 让步语气：让步语气表示的是混合评价，即大正小负或大负小正。（注意不要和从前不从后原则相 混）
3．做题时需要注意的一些问题
①极端选项（态度过于中庸）
indifference, ambivalence, resigned, light-hearted, jocular
②人身攻击
reproach, indignant, offensive, callous, insincere, defiance, derision
(deride), cynical, spiteful
③过于谄媚
fervent, fanatic, adulterate
④程度太强（表示100%,不留任何余地）
entirely, totally, absolutely, completely, unmitigated, unrestrained
注意：I 不要把其它的词加进来，如 “thorough”
II 这只是一个辅助的方法
混合评价的一些表达方式
1．用but 或and连接的选项：correct but limited, critical but admiring…
2．部分正确：partially correct, partially qualified（部分的，有条件的
qualified approval / criticism）, tentative（权且）, enthusiasm tempered by
minor reservation（激情被小小的保留意见所调和）
专题五 十二个出题点
1. 主题：做法参考专题四
2．混合评价：从大不从小
3．强对比出取非题
4．强因果关系：问明确因果关系的是直接事实题，有改善的是改善题（因为原因不太
好，就其原因取非）。
5．比较级：
①问A比B怎样是直接事实题
②问B比A怎样是取非题
③比较厉害的比较级要注意（一个句子或一段中出现好几个表示比较级的词，如国内题
P.136
line12, 看19题，国内题P.195第二段有十几个比较级，看18题）
6．举例：出举例作用题
7．列举：四项小列举出 “except”题（记位置）
8．延伸性内容：出主题题（从前不从后）或信息题
9．强调性语言和古怪语言：最高级、唯一性、比较级、插入语（引号、括号、破折
号）古怪语言（参
考专题三）
10．人物（尤其引用其原话的No.题P.262, 27题）
11．罗嗦内容（尤其是短文章No.题P.183, 国内题P.12）
12．普遍性原理：文章中的一句话超出了文章的范围，比如说：all… typical… we
know… it is well known that…
GRE阅读需要把握的整体原则
1. 阅读过程是为了解题，关于文章内容过于涉及专业的不要纠缠太多，重点是把握整个的结构，也就是说关键的几个论点之间的顺接、转接关系。考到细节的题目时候知道到什么地方定位。
2. 阅读速读要快，不是所有的地方都快，是要在重点的地方详细，非重点的地方简略。做题的时候细节题一定要回原文定位，并注意时间/正确率的控制。Keep your pace。
3. ETS出题者们的一贯态度：（1）犬儒主义（cynicism），就是说总是抱着瞧不起别人的观点。从某种角度上，他们否定广为接受的一些科学，对于新发现比较推崇。他们对科学家总是持着critical的态度，能够批评的地方就会批评。他们对于政府政治和商人持负评价。反对宗教解释。在文学历史上，喜欢推崇一些风格独特，有个人主见的作家以及言论。以上观点不仅可用于阅读，对于填空的原则也是如此。
4. 时间实在不够就读每段的第一二句话，和文章开头段，搞懂大概结构做题回来定位。
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GRE阅读文章主题
1. 文学评论：以政治意识形态的思路，用纯文学标准进行描述。
2. 社会现象题材：
n 反对左派主张，比如革命思想或者马克思主义
n 反对平等主义（不是反对平等，而是平等主义），也就是例如反对收入平等。
n 赞同技术性的解释，对于政治和宗教解释持负评价。
3. 生命科学题材：反对达尔文进化论，尤其是当进化论和遗传学并列的时候更是如
此。
4. 自然科学题材：对新发现、新发明、新材料，作者一般持正评价，有时会对此有一
些让步说明，举出新事物存在的一些缺陷，但是不影响主要的正态度。
5. 弱势群体及文化：黑人、女性、少数民族、土著。
n 反对“仇视弱势群体”、“弱势群体在美国不重要”“弱势群体的问题已经得到解
决”等等观点。比如：妇女已经得到了和男性同等的权利，这个观点必然是作者反对
的。
n “关注这类问题”“希望得到改进”这些观点是作者支持的。
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阅读文章的分类
GRE阅读文章的三要素：主题词、作者态度、理论的缺点或者作者的结论。
GRE阅读文章大致可以分为如下几类，阅读过程中重要掌握的是整体文章要表达的观点，对于细节题目要注意回到原文定位，重点把握整体逻辑结构。下面是对于文章结构把握和关键词的一些要点：
l 现象解释型：文章开头提出一个现象，后面的内容都围绕这个现象进行解释。
重点：主题把握。作者对于这个现象给出的正负评价，别人对现象的评价，作者对现象的评价和作者最后是否给出了支持与否的态度。正负评价要从一些关键词蕴涵的倾向性上来判断。
现象的把握。这个现象讲的到底是什么。
理论的处理。用什么样的例证和结构阐述了这个现象。
l 问题解答型：文章提出了某种费解的问题，然后后面列举一系列的研究对此问题进行解决，有可能各个研究之间得出相同或者相悖的结论，最终可能对问题提出了解决方法也可能没有任何结论。作者在此过程中会对各个研究给予一定的评价。
重点：文章主题。包括1问题本身2作者综合各个研究给出的解答。
理论和解决方法的把握。各个理论的主旨，都提出了什么解决方法。其中关键词，作者的态度要注意。
态度。可能有（1）否定态度；（2）肯定某个研究或者整体研究的态度；（3）对所有研究解答都没有给出态度；（4）未给出评价却明显指出了解决问题的方法。
l 新老代替型：文章开始的时候提出一个理论，然后后面又提出一个新的理论。典型的特点是，1老的观点一般都是人们普遍认为正确的，被人们广泛接受的观点，2首句是完成时或者过去时引导：had done，did，有traditionally、long been known 等3新老理论针对相同对象给出不同解释，并且能够把新观点的论述过程独立出来看成一个问题解答型或者论点说明型文章。
重点：作者态度。作者对于新观点一般持支持态度，但也不排除有例外。
理论把握。针对的对象是什么，新老理论对于对象的论述有什么不同，也就实说新理论的不同之处就是作者支持的原因。
l 论点说明型：文章开始就提出一个论点，而不是现象，也就是会出现判断句：什么是什么，或者什么是因为什么原因引起的。特点：1有be动词或者remain这类系动词引导的判断句出现在第一段某处。（系表结构）
重点：态度把握。对于任何一个表示主要态度的句子做到“从前不从后”，也就是说速读的时候关键点放在后面的态度上，不管前面出现什么样的态度词，后面的态度才是作者的主要态度。
主题句。以主题词（也就是可以用来命名理论的代表性词）出现的句子作为文章的主题句。
结构。文章一般以总—分方式进行论述。要注意总论点和分论点之间的关联，各个分论点可能是从多个方面来论述支持总论点的，或者干脆就是把总论点提到的各个方面进行一番论述。
技巧。文章每段第一句话是重点，一定要读懂，后面的细节内容可以在遇到问题的时候再回原文找。重点是把握每个段落都在讲什么，以便回头找的时候方便迅速。
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阅读中的关键词汇及其代表的含义：
2. also，another，and等连接的内容是并列关系，所以找前后两部分之中一部分能够简单读懂的，看明白就好，同时也可提高阅读速读。
3. in fact ，actually，indeed，practically如果位置是在一个理论观点的解释后面，表示一种转折，也就是说后面必然要出现一种和前面的解释相反的论点，或者直接用什么证据驳斥前面的解释并不合理。
4. ※be based on：通常表示作者所反对的理论之根据。
5. 让步结构，先引出一个理论或者解释，后面必然有转折反对这些词引出的说法，转折的这部分表述更加重要，应该是作者支持的观点。引导让步的方式有（1）while，although， wheras，though，despite，in spite of，等词引导的句子。（2）do，may，have等引导的强调内容放在句子的前半句，后面用but引出转折。（3）unproblematical，undoubtedly ，no doubt，no problem，without，of course，it is true that，等引导的句子；to be sure做插入语放在句中，表示让步。
6. “最高级，唯一性”：－est，most，all，any，every，each，without，anything，anyone，anybody，only，solely，alone，unique，exclusive。这些词要给与足够重视，一方面要注意原文里面有没有说什么东西是唯一怎么怎么的，或者什么东西是最怎么怎么的，一般是比较容易成为考点的，选项中可能会针对最高级所指的对象进行一些比较，需要根据最高级进行判断。
7. “”——引号，在文章中的作用，重要程度不同。如果出现在一般解释性内容中，多是对前面关键词的进一步解释。如果出现在主题句中，或者里面有大写名词，大概是理论的关键店，具有某种感情倾向，应该仔细读懂。
8. for example，for instance前面的内容一般都是某个理论的结论或者中心论断，所以如果能看懂前面的东西，for example里面的内容就可以速读，遇到细节题的时候再回来定位。
9. but，as a result，however，rather，instead，nonetheless，nevertheless表示转折，一般跟在让步结构的后面。
10. 完成时引导的理论往往是作者给予负评价的理论。
11. the fact，lead to（led to）后面跟的东西是比较容易考到的。
12. 技巧：（旁门左道），问题是 。。。in order to …,答案一般是带有“give an example”，“one”，“inllustrate”等词，如果此判断法失效，立刻回原文定位。
13. 其他值得品味感情色彩的连接词：（1）和略读内容有关的and，other words，put another way (2)强调marked by，characterized by ，90％可能是考点，不管在主题句还是在什么地方。
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